(03-15-2019, 01:46 PM)NKURyan Wrote: Go ahead and replace Redmond with the new guard they just signed, too... already better!

(03-15-2019, 02:05 PM)lone bengal Wrote: I definitely don’t think the Bengals are bad as people say.  The offense has good skill positions but if you cant win the line of scrimmage it dosen’t matter. I still have no confidence in Hart, Glenn has been hurt the last 3 seasons and looked average at best when playing, Boling is on the decline and the Jury is still out on Price. Do like the Miller signing tho. Factor in this line has to block guys like Oliver, Richardson and Garrett from Cleveland. The big picture thing for me is the QB who is going into his 10th season. Quarterback is the most important position in the league and when you get into big games in the playoffs your facing guys like Brady and Mahomes who are studs and can elevate those around them. Not saying Andy is terrible but he’s above average at best and needs a complete team around him like 2015 for us to maybe have a chance at winning it all.

(03-15-2019, 02:07 PM)Bengals731 Wrote: b]Defense
DL: Still IMO the strongest position group on the team - you've got Atkins* and Dunlap*, and then young guys who have shown potential like Hubbard*, Willis*, and Lawson*. Andrew Billings* was graded as the most improved player on the team last year.

If this is the strongest group , they didn’t show it last year. I don’t disagree with you but they didn’t play great last year. Lawson getting hurt was unfortunate but he was struggling before the injury. Dunlap didn’t get enough pressure on the QB and Atkins struggled in the second half of the season. Hard for some CBs to cover that long every play, We need pass rushers. A good pass rush makes everyone look better , a bad one makes them look worse. We need to take a pass rusher at 11..

(03-15-2019, 02:19 PM)Millhouse Wrote: For me the biggest issue of the roster is the depth.  They need a better backup qb in case Andy goes down for a game or two, or more. They definitely need better WR depth. And so-on at other positions that are 1 injury away from disaster because the backups are just not good even as backups.

Otherwise, the starting roster is pretty solid overall. But when injuries come, they need better players to step up than what they have had. And this comes from better drafting and scouring free agents. Just my 2 cents on this.

(03-15-2019, 02:15 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Tbh, I never thought our "roster" was bad. We just had a couple position groups (o-line and LB's) that were so terrible that it sank the team. Fix those and I'd say Zac Taylor has no excuses not to win in 2019. Signing John Miller was a solid start. The Hart signing is puzzling though.

We obviously won't be switching him to Guard, and it's hard to see them paying $7 million for a backup Tackle, so I'd say we won't be drafting a Tackle at 11. So unless Price, Glenn and Hart show improvement, this still looks like a group capable of allowing 50 sacks and lots of pressure.

That said, maybe we actually will take a Tackle at 11. The market is crazy right now and we had to have a backup plan in case that Tackle isn't there in the draft. That's an expensive insurance policy, but it's not like we had much choice. Theoretically.

(03-15-2019, 02:19 PM)Millhouse Wrote: For me the biggest issue of the roster is the depth.  They need a better backup qb in case Andy goes down for a game or two, or more. They definitely need better WR depth. And so-on at other positions that are 1 injury away from disaster because the backups are just not good even as backups.

Otherwise, the starting roster is pretty solid overall. But when injuries come, they need better players to step up than what they have had. And this comes from better drafting and scouring free agents. Just my 2 cents on this.

(03-15-2019, 02:23 PM)NKURyan Wrote: I think OT is a strong possibility in the 1st or 2nd round, even with the Hart signing. The Hart signing just gives them a little freedom... instead of saying "we absolutely have to find a starting RT in the 1st round", now they can say "ooh, White is available, let's grab him!"

Is $7 million as pricey for a backup if you plan on having him backup both a rookie and an often injured Glenn? I could maybe see the thought process behind that...

(03-15-2019, 02:23 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Ol' Macaroni is available.

(03-15-2019, 02:19 PM)Millhouse Wrote: For me the biggest issue of the roster is the depth.  They need a better backup qb in case Andy goes down for a game or two, or more. They definitely need better WR depth. And so-on at other positions that are 1 injury away from disaster because the backups are just not good even as backups.

Otherwise, the starting roster is pretty solid overall. But when injuries come, they need better players to step up than what they have had. And this comes from better drafting and scouring free agents. Just my 2 cents on this.

(03-15-2019, 02:25 PM)NKURyan Wrote: Agreed, 100%. Depth is the biggest issue facing the team and *that's* the main thing I took from last year.

I'm hopeful Taylor can get something out of Ross and Malone, but I'd still like to have a veteran WR in case he can't.

(03-15-2019, 02:33 PM)Millhouse Wrote: Im hopeful too on them. And hopeful they use Erickson as a scrappy possession receiver to work the underneath routes as opposed to how they lined him up on the outside last year running fly patters for crying out loud lol.

(03-15-2019, 02:19 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Name the Super Bowl team that didn't place a lot of weapons around the QB.

Even the ones you mention (Brady and Mahomes) have great lines and weapons. 

I'm not against drafting a QB. I'm against this logic that "QB fixes everything". I saw that logic on display throughout the 90's. 

(03-15-2019, 02:19 PM)XenoMorph Wrote: dispite everyone here being "fans" most seem to forget a large portion of our team was hurt last year.